The trip there wasn’t all that long and with the updated Las Vegas airport it made the trip that much easier for me. I left around 6am on February 1st from Reno, NV and landed in Tucson, AZ around noon. As always, I got a few nice pictures while in the air. First is fromContinue reading “Tucson, AZ Gem and Mineral Show 2025”
Category Archives: Geology
Planning my trip to Tucson, AZ Gem Show
This year, I am going to be going to the spring Gem Show in Tucson, AZ. I’ll be flying down there, so no rock hounding this time, sadly. I’ve been busy lately thinking about what I want to do while there. I started creating a list of the various shows I want to go toContinue reading “Planning my trip to Tucson, AZ Gem Show”
Cutting Slabs at the Reno Gem and Mineral Society
Today I wanted to share to with you my journey that transfers from finding my rocks to cutting them into slabs so I can make jewelry or even window hangers/suncatchers. I hope you find my thoughts and struggles about this process beneficial for those just reading my journey or those in the same journey asContinue reading “Cutting Slabs at the Reno Gem and Mineral Society”
Where has Chrissy gone? (Part 2)
Lets pick up where we left off talking about where I went last summer on my rock hounding adventures shall we. Lovelock, NV The following Sunday we decided wanted to explore what we could find out by Lovelock, NV. We had been there once before with my parents looking for opal, to which we didn’tContinue reading “Where has Chrissy gone? (Part 2)”
Grimes Point/Hidden Cave Archeological Site Fallon, NV
On May 13, 2023 a few people from the environmental club at work organized a hike to Grimes Point/Hidden Cave Archeological Site just east of Fallon, NV. I’d say around 12 of my coworkers and their family came out for the event which was nice. I went there to enjoy the hike to the HiddenContinue reading “Grimes Point/Hidden Cave Archeological Site Fallon, NV”
Back after hiatus
Hello there my friends. It’s been far too long since I’ve written. I’m still around and rockhounding just haven’t been doing much with it for a while. We all get into those moments where life gets busy, and we lose our focus for our beloved hobbies and past times. This doesn’t mean they mean anyContinue reading “Back after hiatus”
